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ChemNotes
Fall 2007 Hubbard-Hall's Resident Crocodile Hunter!
Does the Anti-Terrorism Rule Affect Your Company?Is your company or facility subject to The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) final rule for anti-terrorism??DHS defines a chemical facility or facility as: “any establishment that possesses or plans to possess, at any relevant point in time, a quantity of a chemical substance determined by the Secretary to be potentially dangerous or that meets other risk-related criteria identified by the Department…” Appendix A, (http://www.dhs.gov/xlibrary/assets/chemsec_appendixa-chemicalofinterestlist.pdf) is a list of DHS chemicals of interest and their threshold quantities. Appendix A lists the quantity of a chemical substance determined by the Secretary to be potentially dangerous or that meets other risk related criteria identified by the DHS. The DHS is using a tiered approach to classify a company’s risk for terrorist attack. TIER I companies are the companies that are most at risk for terrorist attack. TIER 2, TIER 3 and TIER 4 are progressively lesser risks. The TIER 1 companies must meet more stringent antiterrorism standards for securing their site(s) than the other tiers. The DHS recommends that you register if you have chemicals that are at the threshold quantities listed in Appendix A. If a company does not register with the DHS and is later determined to be at risk, the DHS automatically classifies the company under TIER 1. These companies will then have to comply with the more stringent antiterrorism standards until the DHS can determine by inspection that the company is covered under TIER 2, TIER 3 or TIER 4, or not covered at all. For more information, you can contact the DHS to obtain a copy of the 6 CFR Part 27 Chemical Facility Antiterrorism Standards. At the DHS site you will also find information about registering for the program and submitting data. If you wish to speak to someone, you can call the DHS Helpdesk at 866-323-2857. If you have any questions, please call John Paul our Regulatory Affairs Manager at 1-800-648-3412. Quality Rolling and Deburring Safely Passivates 304 Stainless Steel With Citrisurf 3250As the President of a family owned metal finishing company, George LaCapra, Jr. knows the value of finding alternatives that save more than just money. As part of their surface finishing services, Quality Rolling and Deburring, of Thomaston, CT, provides passivation of stainless steel components. The industry standard and conventional wisdom has always been to use nitric acid. Unfortunately, nitric acid, while extremely corrosive can create havoc in waste treatment systems as well as require very expensive containers to store and transport. Not to mention the pressure from state and local regulators to reduce the emissions and use of nitric compounds.Quality Rolling was approached by Hubbard-Hall representative, Tom Mazzamaro, for a potential solution. He discussed a new relationship that Hubbard-Hall has with Stellar Solutions which has a unique product and process for citric acid passivation called Citrisurf®. Once a trial was arranged, QRD was able to successfully passivate the stainless steel with an extremely safe alternative that will significantly reduce the need for nitric acid and all of its hazards. As George says this is truly a win-win-win, for Quality Rolling, Hubbard-Hall and the environment. For more information and a head-to-head comparison click here. Contact us to learn more by emailing info@hubbardhall.com or calling 1-800-331-6871. Go Green! Did You Know...
*Americans throw away 44 million newspapers everyday. That’s the same as dumping 500,000 trees into landfills each week.*If every household reused a paper grocery bag for one shopping trip, about 60,000 trees would be saved. *Every year we make enough plastic film to shrink-wrap Texas. *Recycling one aluminum can saves enough energy to run a TV for three hours. *If a family of four takes 5-minute showers each day, they will use more than 700 gallons of water every week--the equivalent of a three-year supply of drinking water for one person. *More than 20,000,000 Hershey's Kisses are wrapped each day, using 133 square miles of aluminum foil. All that foil is recyclable, but not many people realize it. *Recycling a single run of the Sunday New York Times would save 75,000 trees. *An aluminum can that is thrown away will still be a can 500 years from now! Hubbard-Hall produces several environmentally friendly cleaners, such as:
(Information for this article obtained from http://www.oberlin.edu/recycle/facts.html and http://www.recycling-revolution.com/recycling-facts.html) Safety Pays Off!At Hubbard-Hall we take safety seriously… Handling, shipping and storing several potentially hazardous chemicals may seem like an impossible task, but we have set our sights on limiting or removing these hazards from the workplace. Our insurers Agree!! Based on our experiences Hubbard-Hall’s workman’s compensation ratings have dropped below industry averages for 3 straight years! Liberty Mutual, in recognition of this has honored us with a “Commendable Safety Performance” plaque, and according to our Director of Operations, Jim Benning, “We continue to strive to provide a safe work environment to reduce potential injuries and protect the environment.”For more information on our safety program please contact Jim Benning, at info@hubbardhall.com. Onsite and Online Training Specials!
Hilton Chrome Enjoys Many Benefits Using Aquaease SL 917President Dick Hilton has seen his share of cleaning and plating problems since he began working in the plating industry back in 1967! As a decorative chrome plating job shop, Hilton Chrome is often faced with challenges that they have successfully managed to overcome for the benefit of their customers. However a recent problem arose when trying to remove a tenacious contaminant from finely threaded brass components for one of their best accounts. Dick presented this concern to his Hubbard-Hall representative, Ray Huot, who asked him to clarify the main issue facing Hilton Chrome.The previous method of cleaning included a product from another company that was being used at a concentration of 20-25 percent and at a very high temperature of over 180 degrees F. Ray relayed all of this information to the Hubbard-Hall Technical Director, Bob Farrell who recommended Aquaease SL 917 at a concentration of 5 – 10 percent and an operating range of 140 – 150 degrees F. Based on these recommendations, Mr. Hilton filled his 400 gallon cleaning tank with a solution of 8% Aquaease SL 917 and a bath temperature of 145 degrees F. As a result this bath has been working almost 2 months and processed 50 - 70,000 of these brass parts without a single reject!! In addition Dick found that when he used the Aquaease SL 917 at slightly cooler temperatures it made an excellent buffing compound remover! According to Dick Hilton, “…as a small business owner, it is great to see a product that he can rely on to perform better than expected…”. Dick also said that he was very impressed with the knowledge and follow up provided by both Ray Huot and Bob Farrell, but that he would expect nothing less since his introduction to Hubbard-Hall by retired Representative Fred Ort over 20 years ago. To learn more about Aquaease SL 917, email Bob Farrell at info@hubbardhall.com. Hubbard-Hall in Your Home
Look familiar? Do you recognize this shiny brass door handle…or does it resemble the finish on your faucet? If you do, you may be seeing the works of the Laser EX chemical polishing system. Laser EX provides a lustrous finish for brass and most copper alloys. It outshines conventional chromic or nitric acid based bright-dips. It not only brightens but also smooths out the surface- often eliminating the need for buffing or burnishing. Laser EX is so bright…you have to see it to believe it. That’s why Hubbard-Hall will process your sample part FREE! Call Hubbard-Hall today at 800-331-6871 or email info@hubbardhall.com. Still not convinced? Learn about the additional uses and advantages of Laser EX by clicking here.
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